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Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20

Captain Samuel Munson, I. ). A.,
died at his mothers home in Pennington,
the 3rd, aged 50 years. He had been in
service 27 years, being transferred to the
regulars at the close of the war AT the
time of his death he was captain of the 9Th
United States infantry stationed in Arizo-
ma, but was on leave of absence on ac-
count of sickness
Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20

In Alabama new prison code goes into
effect next month which, it is believed,
will mitigate somewhat the hardshps Of
the convicts. These, it is claimed, are
much less now than in former wears. 1t il
pleasant to be able to record that % far as
this is true it j. largely due to the efforts Of
the Christian women Of that State acting
under the leadership Of Miss Julia 5. Tut
wiler. principal of one Of the Alabama
Normal Schools. Through their eXertions
the first schools for convictS are now be
ing opened under law which requires the
State to furnish a teacher to every camp
of one hundred convicts. Another reform
they have accomplished is the heating OF
the county iail>. A stove or fire of any
kind is said to have been unknown before
now with the inevitable results of sickness
and death In counties which have not
taken advantage of the law permitting
them to turn their convicts over to the
State, the abuses of the chain gang system
which is practically without supervision,
are said to be much greater than those of
the State system. Perhaps the spirit Of
the authorities is sufficiently shown by the
fact that in several counties the Womcn's
Christian Temperance Union is no longer
allowed to hold religious services for the
convicts on Sunday. 1t is singular how
many points of likeness there are between
| this system of slavery and the old one,
Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20
Mrs Puriugton Wanted Some Flowers

\ lady living IN the suburbs of Boston
wa, called down the other morning 10 SEC
a Young girl who asked for HeI Bt the door
but declined To enter the house. The lady
recognized the caller a. a girl She had FIRE
qucntly seen in the ncighburhood. bat Of
whose name She was ignorant. The girI
looked hurrictlIY mp and then ha~htuliy
cast doNn her cyc~ to THE doormat. which
>hc neryoH-ly prudlcd with the toe Of her
coarse boot.
.tiot any flowers" slle demanded with
manner which seemed gruf but which
wa, probably only frightened.
Yes few, was the reply.
Got any flowers"
Not many. Why
Cause Mis- Purington wants some.
who i Mrs. Purington:'
shes the widow woman that lived
in the red house at the end of Back al
ley"
What sort Of flowers does she want:
inquired the lady, utterly at loss to know
why Mrs. Purington, the widow who dwelt
in the red house at the end of Back alley,
should send to demand flowers of a per-
feet stranger.
II dunno" answered the girl more sui
lcnly than before.
but what i, >he going to do with them:'
persisted the puzzled lady.
II dunno" repeated the caller. shes
dead. an She wants some flowers"
And the pathetic situation having thus
become clear at length the lady sent
to the departed widow who would
dwell no more in the red house at the
end of Back alley whatever blossoms
the frost had spared in her little gar
den.
-George 5. Fogg, aged about 80, well
| known citizen of WeStbrook and owner of
as tone quarry at Rocky Hill was instant
I ly killed BY an explosion at his ledge. He
! had been engaged in blasting and soon
after discharge poured about two quarts
/ of powder into seam in the ledge. The
result was an immediate explosion which
| blew the head of the unfortunate Dan into
| fragments and broke his limbs in several
| places. Two men at work with him were
! but slightly injured. The deceased leaves
| q widow aud several children.
Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20

Two tramps, one claiming home in
Bangor. and the other in Montreal, com
mitted a brutal assault upon Mrs. Abigail
SWEET, widow of Charles c. SWEET, near
Saco. The neighbors heard screams and
gave chase to the tramps who fed to q
brckyard. Both were arrested and lodged
in nil
Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20
Great Poaa.

On Oct sth. at the residence OF Mr.. Sim
con Williams. BY l.. $ Williams. Esq, Mr.
Willie Williams and Miss Lettie Williams
were joined in marriage. The serenading
party were furnished with liberal treat
and went away wishing I'll, Young couple
many years of JOY and prosperity.
FLOSsIF.
Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20

Amherst.
\. W. Houehton and family have moved
into the woods for Fred Jordan, on Moose
Hill.
meeting was held At the church last
Sunday, By Mr. Levi, Of the Bangor
Theological Seminary
Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20

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Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20

f' ih'tt'H l''IlaiiA- h4 q -ieI ie1i> tl4A
w turHcd. rcgrctfu. aud upon the bluiI
w silent sat- aud faced the darkrniHg east.
lpou III, reefs eNullcd " hitc waves rough.
Aud round 81 fatal w-ccL held horrid feast.
\ low. sweet voice sang kingsle,'> tender
song.
go MARY 20 and cali the cattle home"
White ftr beneath, the >tcep-ed-cd beach
along.
In ebcru. laughed ,nc ''eruel, crawling
foam.
Ru', >earchju- for The dawn in that mr. east,
DE hracon-i'-ht i,apcd from IL sturdy tow
Ana o,cr I'm thc solemn SCENE increased
lhe d'wy moou'i-ht'- caIin and loving pow
or,
q t.,a d da,, li-h h,uicd against the past,
error. foii,. 1Id Disgrace
" lutf from yoH ~ M resolution fr-i
AHd toward the un>p'nf futnrr hraNciy
fl.r.
Al dJu 5' >.r.t.hc- for in wiii.ht haz,:
Ffom reef aud WRECK wo cannot know our
f4t,.
Bot uH tov ard ,lr coming ia, ~ -azc.
Anf ;or lhe ever p">-il'le ,sc wait.
l,eou-D all darh doubt high horc har light
-baI i.r-.
bad'- lpvc descend 1nd shame ASA, our f.ar.
+. AtIt b, our ,li' sweet human voices sing
THOR song ni >l mpt'h, aud ter'itr chrrr.
Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20
A Difference Of Opinion,

NtTN ITuIN NOUIs-
GEo. 4. QrMBY
Ellsworth American., 1887-10-20

Ana uNo aii th, solemn >t,He increased
Il he d.wy mouU'i. i.hi'~ can and loving nuw-
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

oase,s aad stosss,snSSeW 1leASNssHlly
asetsysd.
MS pcspssese q assst.snsase q ~ -
rim imbroatios b lhcsshssytAa1sv9AMosh.
log definite Il knowlss - YtiAes 4emesshAEs
poi,cy. Itiseetsin thaso@elal cssessstatn:
- ABSOLUTE belief that whaAeyselehappsaihk
the Auatro 0ernan alliance rsnailsia tsok
r. q believed thst there u bsttef eatentssbut
mo so<csal approscsmsnt With RaselaaeAse.
sult az Prince Bismasck,s desiltng toco-opee-
ate With the CA in his present poaisyo Of sscae-
Ing respect for the treaty Of Berlin. This hae
been Bismarckss persistent aim bat not Rus-
49,. The change Ia the relasious betweea,
the two governments Il dueto tho s6xtsot
n. Ne oiere. who freed from the cpptession
Of the pan.slayish party sincs N. Kstkot's
death, seeks Germaay's cooperation within
the limits Of the Berlin treaty. II this friend.
4, attitude continues mutuAl, the national
aversion may abate. In the meantime the
German press shows no special confidence IN
Russia.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09
WEST n suuyu

Prof. II. 8. Whitney, of the Excelsior arad.
esny, on the shore of Lake Mlnnctonke, was
drowned In the lake Thursday afternoon.
A slight earthquake trc,nor WAS felt at mid.
night, at Augusta, GEORGIA, followed by a
distinct shock at Z O'Clock Saturday morning.
Matthias Kary, a farmer ahou. sixty years o,
age, living six miles cast of Dssmet, Dakota,
went to Lake Preston Saturday, bought a re.
volvcr and went into the cemetery and shot
himself. Causc unknown.
Ca Saturday night q meeting wes held ct
Detroit to favsr q commercial union witt,
Canada. The meeting was under the ALL.
spices Of tie board OF trade, and the ,Ms.r.
chants and Manufacturers exchange.
At Thursdays meeting of the society of tile
Army OF West Virginia, Maj Gen. Geo. Crook
was elected president for the ensuing ycar.
Among the many viee-presidcnts are express
ilcnt Hayes and Gen. W. S. Rosecr.ns.
A Wild freight ran into a train loaded With
material for new lines, at Slairsburg, on the
Illinois Central. o Thursday, dcrailing the
engine and i've cars, demollshtng the caboose
and boarding CA, but inJuring nobody.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09
The Iowa or.enbackers.

The Grseniack convention met ct Dies
Mo!nes on Wednesday, Aug. 81. N. T.. Wheat
was chairrnsn. An address was irsued to the
people, but no candidates were nominated.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That %weindorse. rstify xnd adopt
the Union Labor platform Adorted at Circ.n.
natl and at Msrshaltto IN. We recommend
the farmers AMI other Industrial classes Of
Iowa. to Immediate y call \ stase convention,
which ehsil tie independent ,nd ron spsrtisan.
ent ticket, to te followed " similar moye-
ments Ia the senatorial districts, xnd ia the.
event that such q ticket Ii placed before the
people, which shall b. satisfactory to the
state comm .t,ee sslectel by his convention,
we pledge II our hearty support, and respect
fully urge Uoion Laoor ndGrsen6sc voters
earnestly support the action Of such fndc-.
pendent convention.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

ACn,caeoT Tribune special Gays: It sAae 9
.tated on rood authority thst Minister 10th
rop,s resignation Of the Russian portfolto W!
soon be died. and that be Il billed 70 b sent
to Eugland as minister to succeed NJ. Phelps
lt Il we'll known here that the rigorous on
mate Of st. Petersburg has been severely seat
BY Nh. lothrop, and that the position q
United States representative at the esMss
court was mot a desirable ~ expected by the
incumbent. The salary Of the oflce 10 not
commensurate with ita dignity, AUD M.
Lothrop,s private fortune will not enable him
TO keep an Establishment equal to the mials-
tiers from othsr countries, who get larger sal
aries. Aud Mr.. I.othrop does not speak
French, which ia the court Language, aud ne
does not understand Russian. 1t ts under
stood that his name was originally pressed
for the court OF. st. James, but that IL mao
been already promised to Mr.. Phelps. The
report that Mr.. Lothrop may succeed MI.
Phelps indicates, Of course, that the latter is
to resign. Mr.. Lothrop's sons here say they
know nothing about It.
sigourney Butler, second comptroller otthc
treasury, has made two decisions OF much I'm.
portsnce in srmy circles, one Of which can
hardly fail to result In saving the government,
considerable money. He has decided that si1
months is a sufficient time within which to
close paymastcrs' accounts, audthat hereafter
a final revision OF oil said accounts should be
made within that time. He has also decided
that ON officer may be pad for mileage fo'
travel performed without previous order, bu'
subsequently ratified by the ,flcer's superior
on the ground that the duty was compelled b,
emergency and urgent public necessity. Til
is under the ordinary rule Of law, that thcun
authorized act Of an agent may be subseq aenti.
adopted and ratified by the principal. Il
making this ruling Controller Butler wishes l
understood that the case involves the question
of emergency only. With that element clin
mated, be would agree with auditor William:
whose decision he overrules, that mi'eag
could not he allowed. Tho government his
lost large sums OF money by the failure OF th
accounting officers TO adjust the accounts Z
disbufsing officers within a reasonable tim
There ore a great many bonds in the posse
sion If the government which were goo
twenty years ago, which are now WORTHLESS
, because OF the ,aches of the government, IL
> bondsnsn who once had good estates havin
!. long since died insolvcnt.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

~vestigation showed that the tramps had ran.
sacked the house And abstracted $40 In cash
and $3.50 In certificates OF deposit upon the
First National bank Of Minneapolis. Mrs.
Killer is sixty-three years Of age, and II is
feared that the shock to her system from the
brutal treatment she received may result. ia
tally
Monday morning at Dslray, eight miels
from Detroit, 6re broke out IN the dry kiln Of
the Anchor Manufacturing company. An en-
CINE was sent from Detroit. The business Of
the Anchor Manufacturing company is the
making one stave barrels aud kindred cooper
age aud heading supplies. The firm has large
contracts for furnishing barrels for DIN of
the Minneapolis Touring mills. There were
between 100000 ard 9, COG, 600 feet Of lumber
in the yard ready for manufacture, o small
portion OF which may besavcd. All the build.
tngs but the hoop mill burned, along with fve
Michigan Central freight cars, which were
standing on the switch. The losses aggregate
$2s0.0Co, on which there is only t4s, 600 in.
surance. The risk being SO great It is al.
most impossible to obtain more.
Apetitition has been fled In the general
lard Office by the citizens Of White Pine
county, Nevada, accompanied by resolutions
passed at q public meeting, asking tie inter
vention of tac land department to protect the
settlers against the unlawful appropriation Of
public lands by foreign sh, ep raisers. The
petitions alleges that several companies Of
Englishmen, mostly aliens, having large
hocks Of sheep which travel from water to wa
ter, utterly destroying the grass and con.
taminatlAg the water used by the settlers for
domestic purposes. They also claim that the
dominion exercised over the country by these
stock companies prevents new settlers from
coming in and makes 1t impossible for those
who are there to have schools, churches and
other benefits of civilization. Acting Con-
missioner stcckslager has directed that an in,
vcstigation into the matter complained Of be
made by a special agent Of the general land
Office.
Acting Secretary Thompson Wednesday
Ausust 81, opened the fourth lot Of proposal
for the sale of ~ per cent bonds to the gov
ernmcnt, under tho terms of the treasury cir
cular of August 8. The total effcr!nns wer.
I $3.50. 800, of which s., $3.50. eco were rcgisterst
aud S490, COO coupon bonds. The price ranged
from s101s75 TO 81 o 90. James G Fair, G.
San Francisco, offered 100000 registered, q
the rates paid by the department: to day
Other tenders were from.eastern individual
and corporations. The acting secretary &C
copied the Salem Savings bank. Of Salem
Mass, s1T0,CC0 registered at s1lS-15 1G fla
from the Maverick National bank, Of Bos.o,
s1o0'0oo registered at s1Cs.75, and $4,000 reg
istercd at siCs.40, aud from other small sum.
at from slos. s5to slO9, making the aggregat,
sio7, GOA. Acting Secretary Thompson sait
this afternoon that Senator Fairs offer t.
sellthe government s67o,OOO registered at.41s:
per cent to-day was not considered.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

Mrs. Gof, Of Pleasant Valley, Wisconsin,
who was elected town treasurer, has just &c
cured her Office in spite of vigorous opposi.
tion On the part Of the male oficeholders Of
the town.
REV. DR.. R. 8. storrs, of Brooklyn, ia
spending his vacation at Elizabeth, In the
Adirondack. His health is said not to be as
good as usual.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

Mr. T. J. Murray, 81 Dlbavoice
Place, Brooklyn, N. Y says: was
afl;c.cd with sciatic rheumatism aud
found st. jacobs Oh very eficacious.,
Sold by druggists and dealers eyory-
where. <
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

All sufferers with such chronic ai,ments as
liver disease, dyspepsia, blood diseases, cough,
consumption (scrofula OF the lunge), and kin.
.'Gol.cn Medica. Discovers" is their best
friend In such deep sfi;ction. It comts to
soathe, alleviate aud cure.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

WcoDsrocK, Va, Aug. sl.-The entire con.
troll of the liquor traffic at the Shenandoah
county agricultural fair, to be held mex.
month, was cold yesterday to Senator Riddle
berger for 800 cash. He then obligated him.
self to the society to sell no intoxicating
liquors and close the house heretofore used as
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

has depleted the territorial treasury.
A sensation occurred at wysndotte, KAN
sas, Friday, when in this trial of Geo. Hamil
ton, who is charged with completely in the
wrecking Of a Missouri Pacific freight train
last spr;ng,- Fred Newport, also under indict-
ment for the same c%ffenee, took the stand and
turned states evidence. Vasscn, another
wrecker, had done this at a previous trial and
Newport's confession corroborated Vassen's
in every particular. He did not weaken on
cross-examinat!on.
1t is probable that the loss of the rice crop
in South Carolina will exceed s1OO,O)l. An
estimate was made two weeks ego, aud there
is a very serious question now before the rice
planters. 1t is what disposition to make of
the negroes on their plantations until the
frat of next year. There Is no way for them
to earn q living, and IL nothing is darc for
them during the next four months they viii,
starve.
The heaviest rain Of the season fell 1T Ea-
leigh, North Carolina, Saturday morning and
extended ngcr q large area. Tue rainfall from
8 to O'Clock was four end a half inches.
Some streams rose at the rate of .twenty-ntnp
inches per hour and flooded The crops. Wash
cuts on the North Carolina railroad and Rs.
leigh and Augusta road prevented trains from
leaving the city Saturday evening. Great
damage has been done to all low ground
crops.
Dcadwool society is exercised ever the re.
turn Of indictments by the grand jury.
against many Of the leading business, petit.
cal and legal lights, for foraication. These
men have kept ,nistresses openly 3 number Of
years, and once before an effort was made to
indict them, but failed. the success this.
time is popuiarly attributed to the fact that
the respectable ladies Of the place, tired Of
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09

Saturday evening, October /, direct from
Washington. They will be met at the depo.
and escorted to tine Southern. Sunday HI
will attend services ct one of the Presbyterian
churches. Monday he Will visit the fair, and
in the evening a public reception will take
place. Tuesday he will visit the public build.
ings, and in the evening he will witness the
parade and bali of the Yelled Prophets. AL
midnight he will take a special train for
Chicago.
The will OF the late Levi Resented was pro.
hatcd at Chicago Monday. The will is dated
December 3, 1883, and gives Maurice and
Harry, the Two cons, handsome amounts in
personal property and they get the realty,
but a codical dated Jane %, 1887, directs th..t
ali bequests to Maurice be revoked and that
NIL such be void, being made to his wife, ard
to be made from the control Of bis creditors.
Che is directed to pay over to him from time
to time such sums as is necessary to maintain
him In the station to which he had been &C,
customed, all to be from he control by cred.
itc.s. A. larger portion Of the estate is left tc
tic widow. with numerous hequests to chill
oIeu, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS aGe cbaritnolc lEStltG'
tons.
A bold outrage ut Maple Grove, sixteen
miles from Minneapolis, was last Saturday re-
ported to the police. D. l.. Hitler lives upon
q farm near that place with his mother and
his brother. Friday morning, white the broth.
crs we're abscn. from the house at work. ivy,
men called at the house and asked for some.
thing to eat. Mrs. Hitler complied with their
request, and when they had finished catIu:.
que of them F;cted UP a poker and threatened
to Kill her. The old lsdy begged them to
spare he. life, whereupon the brr.es dragged
her to She clstern and threw her in. The cis-
tern is twelve feet deep, and was half full OF
water, but Mrs. Filler chung TO the lead pipe
Of the pump and managed to keep afoat TN.
til noon, when her sons returned, and she
was taken out In an exhausted condition. In
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09
WASHINGTON.

Tue public debt reduction for August WIS
si.sO9,475. The warrants for pensions durir Z
August amounted TO over 1850 600. The
total amount available for the reduction Ct
The public debt is $685. 46,540.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-22

LIMITED WEST INDIA FAST MAIL
Leave Jacksonville o., T and K W. *l2:SO ?
m, Sanford 4:40 m; arrive Tampa 9:Opm
Returning leave Tampa 500 2 m, Sanford ,1I
100 m; arrive Jacksonville a., T. and H. WI
d. 90 a m